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Can an open microwave door leak a dangerous amount of radiation?

April 26, 2017dangerous door leak MICROWAVE radiation

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Can an open microwave door leak a dangerous amount of radiation?

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You’re not being exposed to any. “Microwave radiation” is the same type of radiation as light or radio waves, just at different wavelengths, and it stops producing them immediately.

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I’m glad to hear that radiation doesn’t get leaked. I leave my microwave door open to air out the steam after heating things. I usually close it not too long afterwards, though.

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Oxford: scientists and engineers who work with microwaves (and other nearby wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation) often call them microwave ovens, but as a group, we tend towards precision in our speech to an often irritatin degree.